The price you pay for a life insurance policy will depend on the type and amount of life insurance coverage you purchase.

In addition, rates for life insurance will vary by insurance company.

Your own personal risk factors will have an impact on your rate for life insurance. These risk factors may include your age, gender, health, family health history, occupation, hobbies, height-to-weight ratio, lifestyle, driving record, if you smoke or not, and other factors that affect how long you may be expected to live.

Basically, the longer your life expectancy when you buy life insurance, the lower your rate for life insurance.

There are two basic types of life insurance: term and Permanent.

Term life insurance costs a lot less than permanent life insurance because it is temporary, providing coverage for up to 30 years. While permanent life insurance provides lifetime coverage and may build up some cash value inside the policy over time.

One ay to find out how much your life insurance plan may cost is to compare multiple life insurance quotes online from several of the leading life insurance carriers.